Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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Be that as IU may, so let If be Before we knew xt, there was Old lllan Clrcus mght before us shoutlng for r cognxtzon Wlth a llttle anlmos ty, we set about and xmmedl ztely thele mme folth 1n the halls of M C H S the Worlds Greatest Show fAt least the b st yet put on ln our vlllagej Be rdes clearmg a neat llttle sum uf 8st21bllQl16Cl the precedent of admlttmg absolutely flee of charge all performers, a deed almost unheard of before tl1 s 111116 Our envlable athletlc reputatxon was splenchdly upheld all durmg foot erm Cvsell we wont then,J of the num berous track meets Af Cl observlng wlth arrused con tempt the efforts of the Jumors to put on a play, we 6Xlllb1t8ll the 'Poor Nut Only the Senloxs could haue done th xt fHey Ed J Then we attended the alleged banquet glwen by the Junlors for us It was al T1 ht of course, hut not up to the stan dard we had set, not neaxlx Then we dropped our 11 ht heartedness and be came ser1ous for Just a short whlle The occaslon for thxs, I mlg-ht add, was th Commencement CXQTCISQW We wore black gowns, and caps and proudly car Tl l hr me a sleepskm 1l'lQlI'1b6ll Whom lt mav Concern An Honorable K S CLARK, M A, Lltt D1 R F FOWILR M S Ph D 'Till 'lv TO IHE CLASS Ol 29 I ve no words to tell the glory That 1s thme Ive no words to slng your prmso Oh Class of mme' Fvur years you defended your colors You were true to the purple and gold Ylu were fan' to both fuencl und znal A warrlors Jn days of old The fr1endsh1ps folmed ne Lt1 these col ors Wlll warm our hearts llke an flame And glve us courage 1n wears to como When plavmg l1fe's Kllffllllllt game bor weve lesrnf d other thmgs bLN1Kl9r4 books lo ourselves we have learned to be true And lf future years treat us unkmlly Well smlle and Just see them through Tho pralse may never be yours Tho glory may never be thme Well be loyal to the best that rs ln us, Dear class of '29 M. Davis A .. ll ll ll ll l gg ' , ' ry - L. ' S . ' , Y , , ' ' I 77 3 . . I , , . A 7 Q , - ' 'Q , .ki Y , I 1 , 15. D ig , -L , C - 2 ' ' ' ' . ' ' Q ' I I 13 'E - .. Q 'L W ' ' . . I 5 l . , : '- vt . ' . y Q - - ' 'er 1 .wc , , ' ,' ' : To ball and basket ball season, to say noth- fllSCh211'Hf2ll1 35 it Were- ' cr ' ' ' l - . 5 1 1 1 I 0 In n, ' l ' , A A ' . 4. J X , - ., , . , ,dll ' - 'll ' ' P , X .Y - is 5 1. l 7 1 v A 1 7 . . ' v ' 2 . - 1 f '1 BAL I 3 . 5 A 1 L 7' I :1 ' . ' . . 1 , ' . ' 1 A ' 2 l '. -1 1 1 . E: A ' : 11 I l I ,' 4 'l ' ' 71 C x 1 ' S xp If , ' v . ' . ' x , , . . I . l ' l '. ' . l a G

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Then we settled down to have a good tlme and succeeded so well that we had to stay ln almost every mght for an hour or so fTh1s was mconvement to say the least, but ue are able to count al most to exgwht vnthout burstmg 1nto blankety blanks and whatnots when ever we thlnk of ltj The very first soc1al event of course was the usual Freshle receptlon Clsnt lt a plty vte cant have It on St Patrlcks day J Anyhow, a good tlme was had by all the party breaklng up at an early hour 1Repr1nted by permlsslon of the Repub llcan Prlntmg Companvl Treadmg on thls came the Senlor Cncus, whlch was a success, of course, due to our large contrlbutlon of talented talent Then what wlth athletics oratlors tudles, money makxng and what ro, the year passed and we a am qultted the halls of learnmg for a brlef vacatlon Along came our Jumor year, Kwhxch so far has always follovsed the boph year Strange 1sn't lt But then may theory! The Cl8Ctl0h of OEICCTS was Just a but fufferent thxs year You see, slnce the Sec of War had taken su h an espec al interest ln our Montlcello boys, they had condescended to attend the CMTC and returned lmbxbed pardon me, lmbued vuth the formal mlhtarlstnc ldeas Con sequently, we dispensed with the Presl dent Vlce Presldent, etc and elected a Magor General, hls alde, and a quarter master The next lmportant event was the al leged Frosh receptlon Thls tlme we really recepted the Frosh fPo t1c llc ense, No 1077 1ssued by State Depart ment of Conservat1on J Then, durmg' football season, we Jun IOTB, mdlfferently asslsted by an under classman or so, tacked up the Okaw Val ley Football Banner 1n the Gym fWh5 vse d1dn't steal lt, any such thmg The very ldea J Frlday mght, October 19 we 8Xl'llb1f6l our thlrd Semor Cxrcus It w1ll always be remembered, smce two of us became mebrlated Cby paltakmg of alcohollc llquorsj, before the audlence too' And then there were the dancmg girls and the petlte candy sellers who greatly con trlbuted to the attractlveness of thmgs That year, we dldn t study much You see, we d1dn't need It llke other students Once m a wh1le we'd go to class and try to brush up the hlstory teacher on 1n tematlonal law or the Phys1cs teacher on our WCTQIOH of Emstem's theory, but really, It wasnt much and we shouldnt recene so much credlt for It We also played quxte an lmportant part ln the productxon of the Beacon Oh yaas, indeed' Semesters were dlspensed wxth tex cept ln a case or soy and we loafed along mth nothlng to do except wm some bas ket ball games and later a few track meets Besldes thls we were represent cd m the commerclal contests glee clubs oratxons, and what not And why not' We were the only ones of sufflenent call Then, after consldermg- previous at tempts, we proceeded to glve the Semors the best banquet ever heard of ln dear old M C H S It was dear all rlg-ht, too Why, Just to make lt better, we even pr1n'ed the menu 1n French, a hxther o vnheard of sophlstxcatlon And I am proud to say that we enterta1ned our selves royally and even a Semor or tvso enjoyed lt Then, as we always deem necessary durlng the summer months, we dJourned for the vacation Nme months are not enough for rest We mus' have at least twelve Our Semor year started the first day of school fvery unusualj and we 1m medlately declded to cast about for a good substantlal advlsor, finally choos m on the old Semor stand by Mlss Flemmg Wlth that done, we made short uork of the election of offxcers, all are orlgmal And so, we concelved the xdea of Omlttlng a 'Memor1es ' and IH stead of puttmo ln our tlme on a school paper The ldea seemed to take well ' v 1 A , n ' I V ' U Q , . . , . . , ' Y m. . . W ' ' Y , Y . ' - I .. l . , a 1 ' I -1 l 1 1 . S . Q . , I t V. . . K- , C . . . . . . , 4 y v N n . ' s V n be its just another proof of Einsteins' ber. QMental caliber, that is.J . . . , L L , . . , . . 1: ' ' . ' . - I 'M . .ln I 1 . . . . - .g . - , . . V Y . . . , , ' . 4 4 l W C 1 I t - - . . 1 , , , , y '- . , ,'

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In the year of our Lord 1939, a cor respondent for the Chxcago Trrbune went out to Hollywood to get the low down on all the movle stars She trled to see Greta Garbo and fa1l1ng', declded to mtervlew Greta's double HaV1Hg b tn admltted to the presence of that PPI sonage she scanned her face wlth eager eyes It seems to me that I hate seen x before Mav I ask from what tow n you came' ' Gretas double was wastly amused I I6COg'IllZCtl you the mlnute I lard eyes on you I mlght have know you d turn our to be a reporter you always were nosey Well, who are you to act that wa I used to be Mary Ahce McClu1e But I marrled Robert Body from B ment and changed my name I wasnt satrsfied wlth that name elther, so Y U here I am Oh ses, I understa d bay, I heard that Harold Chambers w as out here too ls that true? Well yes I date hlm qulte regu larly and lm well Im rather expect mg h1m to propose any tlme now he -1 so tlmltl He has a blg lead ln Wlld West talkxes that throaty vomcel 'Oh yes, speaklng of Pete Chalrbers remlnds me of Kent Clark You know he always had a suppressed de lre 'o rule on Merry Go Rounds, and now he s selllng ammals for chlldren You re member how Mxss McM1llan once sa rl h suppressed desires were sweetest? 'Ralph Fowler has a pickle shop ll h1s home town Ralph has attracted quxte a trade as he sells lug pmcl les, ht tle pickles, sweet plckles, sour plcklcs, smooth and warty ones However, he lg very unhappy because he ls stlll wlth out a companion of the opposlte sex And you remember Sarah Catherine Il ghton always had an ambition to mal ry a bootleggfer However, Bxlly Holmes was too young for and now she has de was too voung for her, now she has d It s all along' the same lme, you know And speakmc, of Sarah Catherme re mmds me of poor dear Wllbur Hawbak He and Sarah Cather-me were for ever argulng and one day Wllbur went ravmg crazy over the questlon of wheth er a moron was a type of lI1SH.I11ty feeblemlndedness, and now he s at Jack sonvllle 1n a strarght Jacket and a pad ded cell Mary Mlller rs one example of what pure, unadulterated educatlon can do She conducts the chlldrens hour at the Ifleld Museum and then goes home and sup untends another sesslon ' Helen Wa ts has for some years be actlng as house mother an divers frster n1 res Rec n ly, however, she has been cha-.mg Lvle McFeeters all over the ers Marvyle Davxs IS traxelllrg over the country ur, ng umversal peace S e has numerous secretarles and admxrers or her traxl Iester Barnes has been del :el second Ollver Wendell Holmes In ad KIIIOII to h1s 15 poems about our class of 1929, he has wrltten numerous sketch es whlch reveal hls humor Th s l s mentxoned wlll no doubt am hrm an everlastmg reputat1on m the hterary he d Bill Hubbell, who for ten years h starred as l1ttle Eva ln Uncle Tom s Cabm, has gxven up the stage and cloped wlth Nellxe Jones ' Frances Maler, Stella Farrow d Bermce Nelson are jonft froprmetors of a home for the demented By their own confession, they know nothing of treat ment for the vrolent, but they say It is uc fun to watch the poor th1ng's Velena Conrad, after doing extra work for years, has flnally entered the 1 9 3 9 ! V . ' - ' J . e- ' - I ' 'I ' In s . . , I H , 4 of ' - ' ' ' . . ' ex ' ' 1 - ' .Y .II en - I - v' 'I ' , ' v Y rt ' ' I , u. .I .. ,, ' . I ou ' s ' ' CI' . . ' v ' -P ' '- I I . . I . . , v , -on 'H I , ' I , A u . ' ' . , I I . ' I . v 1 - ' l ll W' a I U , , V.,,, r 2 ' , ,f . - ' .' if ' X I 2 . 611 . I 6- ' II L ' ' . - v 'e t ' killed Bob with my little hatchet, and mrtif, trymg to convince hm that hc ls I h .. cc , I . n I W . . as I , . ' ' , ' I ' 1 Q ' s , . 'rl ' :' ' . 21 ' as 1 ' -1 I - I - In ' - - ' - . . . Q 1. 4 a. . , . W , I . I II . I- . ,, , . I ' l ' . ' ' . i mt 1 I ' I ' I ' ' ' V 3 ' . 1 l . ' ' ' . - l as . .I . I , . . I , t at ' ' ' ' , ,I . I I . . I, ' . I I ' ' K an V I . I I I l r u ' ' ' I ' I , I ' . s h ' . f 1 ' v V. K , A I